Faced racism, says top FIFA official

London: FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura said she encountered sexism and racism when she took over the job, with some in football opposed to a "black woman" taking a senior post at the global governing body.

The 55-year-old Senegalese was the first woman to hold a senior role at FIFA when she took over from Jerome Valcke, who was sacked in January 2016 as part of the fall-out from the corruption scandal that rocked the organisation.

Samoura said she had "broken the glass ceiling" in a "male-dominated organisation", adding "they are used to me now. There are people who don't think that a black woman should be leading the administration of FIFA. It's sometimes as simple as that," Samoura told the BBC. "It is something we are fighting on a daily basis on the pitch - I don't want any racist person around me.